Society
Initiation school mired in filth
Illegal dumping is compromising Xhosa traditional practice at a school in Govan Mbeki
Brief | 7 November 2019
Asylum seeker wins right to marry
The Supreme Court of Appeal has declared Home Affairs’s prohibition on asylum seekers marrying unconstitutional
Law | 21 October 2019
Teenage gang fights erupt between villagers
Community leader says parents don’t want to involve the police
Brief | 18 October 2019
Gordon’s Bay mosque approved after five-year wait
Objectors say further action may follow
News | 14 October 2019
Burn victims unable to get life changing treatment
South Africa’s only tissue bank has been empty the past two months
By Elsabé Brits
News | 26 August 2019
Constitutional Court rules that interim divorce orders may not be appealed
But the door has been left open for future litigation on interim orders
Law | 20 August 2019
Somalian shops in Khayelitsha looted after shooting
“It was no longer about the shooting anymore but hatred towards us Somalians” says shop owner
Brief | 29 July 2019
How the Barn is helping Khayelitsha’s entrepreneurs
Non-profit technology hub offers office space for people to run their businesses
News | 26 July 2019
“We don’t grow plants, we grow people”
Streetscapes’ urban gardens offer people living on the streets a way to reintegrate with society
News | 24 July 2019